Attendees

• Zach, Eric, Elaine, Greg, TomG, Scooter, TomF

Agenda

• R01 grant next steps
• ChimeraX 1.3 release progress.
• Create ChimeraX 1.4 roadmap
• New desktop computer hardware.
• Review Action Items list below

Discussion Notes

• R01 grant next steps
  • Still determining whether we can hire Hamish without assured R01 funding.
  • Some R01s with our percentile rank funded (5 of 18 last year).
  • Council decides funding on Feb 5, 2022.
  • Program managers before council try to fund a breadth of proposals, called "programmatic policy decisions" that advise Council decision.
  • Resubmission, earliest date would be March 5, change proposal to address reviewer concerns, add one page to answer criticisms. Goes back to same study section. About 1/4 to 1/3 of study section members would change.
  • Can alternatively submit new proposal to new study section. But we don't know of any more appropriate section.
  • Have to wait for review summary statement to decide next step.

• NIAID contract
  • monthly report due
  • R01 summary statement may influence what next NIAID contract will include (VR, AlphaFold, cryoEM tools...)
  • Inquire again at today's meeting about discussion cryoEM resource needs.

Action Items

• Set up 2-factor authentication for hal2 vpn - (waiting to see if VPN will even be allowed by campus IT) - Scooter
• Document new vpn setup on Linux - Scooter